Legal Opinion
Wade v. Singletary
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 3, 1997No. 87900PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLS, Justice.
Carl Harvey Wade, Jr., petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus, arguing that certain waiver provisions in the Rules of Executive Clemency were improperly applied to him in violation of ex-post-faeto principles. In response, the Governor has moved to dismiss Wade’s petition.1 We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(8) of the Florida Constitution, and grant the Governor’s dismissal motion.
Wade was convicted in 1976 for a 1975 first-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. As relevant here, the Rules of Executive Clemency in effect at that time provided…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Sullivan v. AskewSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
- Gwong v. SingletarySupreme Court of Florida · 1996
- Dugger v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Rodriguez v. ChilesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
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